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**Our Community's Kids Deserve Better Schools**

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**We Must Make Homeless People Get the Help They Deserve**

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**Advocate for Fiscal Responsibility in City of Dallas Survey**

The City of Dallas has started the search for a new City Manager, and is surveying Dallas residents about the qualifications for the role. This is an incredible opportunity to make your voice heard on behalf of Fiscal Responsibility as a must-have for the next person in this critical leadership role. Zencity Surveys is hosting this 5 minute questionnaire -tell the City of Dallas what is most important to you as a resident and professional.

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Our member companies are leaders in the DFW Metroplex because they've invested in the community. Now, that investment just became easier through Adopt-A-Block's new

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**Our Community's Kids Deserve Better Schools**

The Dallas School Board is proposing a $45.5 million budget for 2024-25 and a 4.9% increase in the property tax rate.

The board has not increased the property tax rate since 2018. The board approved the proposed budget on Monday and must adopt a final budget by June 30.

Under the proposed budget, the tax rate would increase from 13.6338 mills to 14.3019 mills. A mill is a $1 tax for every $1,000 of assessed property value.

Revenue is projected at $45 million with $28.7 million from local sources, nearly $15.2 million from state sources and nearly $1.2 million from federal sources.

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**We Must Make Homeless People Get the Help They Deserve**

Housing Forward and the All Neighbors Coalition announced the third consecutive year of reductions in homelessness in Dallas and Collin counties, including the lowest total number of people experiencing homelessness in nearly a decade.??

Announced at the State of Homelessness Address Tuesday, April 30, the January Point-in-Time count showed a total of 3,718 individuals experiencing homelessness on any given night in Dallas and Collin County. This equates to a 19% reduction in overall homelessness and a 24% reduction in unsheltered homelessness since 2021.

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